A (Museum) Mile in Their Shoes

An American couple abroad navigate a successful return to the U.S.

Julie Tuckerwas apprehensive when her husband Adam Tucker was offered the position of president of Ogilvy & Mather in New York. She loved London, and had a great job as business director at international ad agency TBWA. The couple, both American, lived in a beautiful, terraced house in the picturesque Hampstead area, with plenty of room to raise their three children and their Welsh terrier, Fergus.

Her mood dimmed during her first apartment-hunting trip in New York. She told an agent she wanted four bedrooms, a yard...